Bigger, Badder, Better - The POWER of the Neo Geo

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

This thing was like a myth to all us back in the 90s. It was SO expensive. We’d look at the games at Toys R Us and just daydream lol.

[@tarantinoish]

My Toys R Us didn’t even carry it. They had Sega CD and Turbo Duo, but never Neo Geo. All of us on the playground wanted one though. It didn’t matter if you were Sega or Nintendo, you wanted Neo Geo. It would have been having the arcade at home.

[@cannedpiss5178]

@@tarantinoish i'm guessing you'd need a reaaaally nice CRT to go along with it too?

[@SomeOrangeCat]

I love how now, much of the catalog is in within everyone's reach. That's the real gift of emulation, getting to play something that would otherwise be completely out of your reach.

[@borisbadenov9863]

@@SomeOrangeCat and finally getting to insert as many coins as you want feels great.

[@manuelsanchezdiaz4696]

@@borisbadenov9863 yeah, but less charming let’s say. I cannot imagine what playing a neogeo game at home could be in the nineties. Something we won’t see again

[@Hchris101]

Gotta love the consistency of this channel

[@Marzimus]

It's shocking, bordering on concerning.. ❤

[@johnellis3383]

​@@Marzimus right? SLX is more machine than man lol

[@Pythoner]

Sega Lord is simply a prolific good content creator. Prolific, that's the word.

[@J.Crooner]

Absolutely I genuinely keep this channel playing all throughout the day. I'm a dedicated fan of SegalordX for life.👍😎👌

[@garylshawiii483]

Yeah this channel is such a calming and interesting steady as the wind blows

[@xenonronin7789]

As a Nintendo kid I dreamed of having a Neo Geo ! Back then the Neo Geo console was a mythical legend to us poor Nintendo and Sega kids ! Yes I do mean I actually DREAMED of having this godlike game console for years back in the early 90s.

[@Jarrygames86]

Do you have one now ?

[@xenonronin7789]

@@Jarrygames86 Nope. I wish hah.

[@Jarrygames86]

@@xenonronin7789 ah, the dream continues 😎

[@Gatorade69]

@@Jarrygames86 Except now there's a few different ways to play the games, fortunately. Sure, it may not be playing an actual Neo Geo but if you have a decent arcade stick the experience can almost be just as good.

[@unlimited-6183]

I have an arcade cabinet that has ALL the Neo Geo titles 😎 the dream turned reality and it got better 👊

[@RickyIcecubes]

Kids these days will never know just how mindblowing this was back in the early 90s

[@RickyIcecubes]

@John-PaulHunt-wy7lf Neo Geo had hardly a foothold at all in the gaming market of the early 90's. I knew at least one person who had a Jaguar, CD-I, 3DO...all of those high priced super consoles. But I never knew anyone who had a Neo Geo. It was the one that eluded even the rich kids. It wasn't the $700 cost of the console that turned consumers off, it was the $200 cost of game carts. But you are right, SNK mopped the floor with every other hardware manufacturer in terms of the home arcade experience. Neo Geo was indeed the only console in town offering a truly authentic arcade quality experience at home.

[@321driftoff8]

The Neo Geo was that game system that everybody dreamed of and wanted, but very few can afford. I didn't know anybody personally who owned one and it was almost like a mystical entity that we all knew existed, but very few of us laid eyes on.

[@RickyIcecubes]

It was the only console that I didn't know a single person who had one. I knew someone with a Jaguar, someone with a 3DO, someone with a CD-I, knew two people with a TG-16, I even knew someone with a Virtual Boy....but I never knew a single person with a 3DO. I don't think it was the cost of the console that kept consumers away from it, it was the fact that games were $150 each that made this the console that was reserved for the wealthy.

[@trevor_mounts_music]

I remember being a little kid in the 90's and getting absolutely blown AWAY the first time I put a quarter into an MVS cabinet. It really was just that good. Still play Neo Geo on the regular 25+ years later....

[@marccaselle8108]

I still play neogeo to this day on my retropie

[@duckhive]

Thank you for the 1 hour run-time. Your videos are very uplifting.

[@chivalrous_chevy1163]

Uplifting?

[@turtleanton6539]

​@@chivalrous_chevy1163yes

[@NateyCat]

Neo-Geo is still friggin gorgeous. Especially considering it lasted until the early 2000’s. Great Video of course.

[@drunkensailor112]

It actually lasted until 2005

[@h.m.5724]

Mid 2000

[@skeggjoldgunnr3167]

I got the AES Gold system. A couple memory cards. A 33" Wells Garner RGB monitor in a cabinet made by Thao Nguyen of Multi Arcade Systems. He also made the glorious big heavy cherry switch / happco controllers we used on the Neo-Geo. KOF '95, Samurai Spirits 2, Pulstar, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, King of the Monsters 1 & 2, Metal Slug, Mutation Nation, Burning Fight. My wife beat me on every game and I was suppoda be the in-house vidiot. Turns out: She just ADORED the system and while I was out of state on iron working jobs - she was honing her skills. That made me happy. She had the fridge stocked with Heineken for me awaiting my return so she could WHOOP on me in my own games.

[@FreezeInfinite]

It's incredible how well the Neo Geo library holds up even today. The art style and production value were so high that it still looks fluid and plays well. The library is so diverse and so many games are really good. Other systems had a few good games but a lot of crap, but SNK really kept the quality control tight. The home system was so expensive but you got a really good quality selection of games to choose from.

[@mattm7798]

Very true.

[@MoonOvIce]

Actually, most are just arcade games, and many fighting games of which only a few are good and original, the rest seem like either clones of each other or clones of Capcom games.

[@ronnienoneyabusiness2844]

Metal Slug and Panic Bomber

[@gumdeo]

Yes, 2D pixel art held up much better than early 3D.

[@tylerromero]

Just wanted to say thanks for you and your channel getting me through my days. Your blasts of nostalgia and passion are a great antidepressant!

[@terrylodge4846]

be good to that sad soul inside. Look after him, nothing ever stays the same. You can ride out the storm 😉👍🏾

[@aceofhearts573]

Nice, this was uploaded 13 min ago. Just got back from running and I can relax on the floor and watch this.

[@unlimited-6183]

When I was a teenager, I always desired the Neo Geo AES console during the early 90's. But yeah the exorbitant price of the console (nearly 900 dollars in Europe) and games price (around 200 dollars), made it impossible for my parents to even attempt to get one for me . 🤣 Now, 30 odd years later, I'm a proud owner of an arcade cabinet that has ALL the Neo Geo titles 👊 Awesome:) I have just joined your channel and we are connected now 😎

[@RickyIcecubes]

It was the cost of the game carts that made Neo Geo impractical. It wasn't the high cost of the console that was the problem, it was the high price of the carts. One game cart cost as much as a brand new SNES, and $50 more than a brand new Genesis/Mega Drive.

[@johnellis3383]

An almost hour long SLX video?! Hell yeah boys we're in for a treat!

[@johnofthewired]

honestly my love for SNK and the neo only strengthened when every other system started going polygon and they stuck with 2D, and they did it so well and i LOVED the KOF games to this day

[@sidearmsalpha]

I know. So glad that 2D and pixel art and retro gaming are still alive and well and developers are pumping out some awesome games. I like 3D but I started playing games in the late 80s and fell in love with pixel graphics.

[@jamesnelson5618]

What your Favorite Character to play as in King of Fighters?

[@johnofthewired]

@@jamesnelson5618 Kyo was always a fave of mine in all the additions.what about yours

[@masudpilot]

I was looking for someone talking about kof 🥹

[@JabroniSausage]

Man, I remember seeing the Neo Geo AES home system only being sold in Service Merchandise stores back in the days. I would always see it in their big, thick catalog book and always wanting one but the price was way too much, especially when I was only 5 years old, haha. What a time to be alive.

[@DoctorFuu]

In the common systems everything was sadly limited by storage of the cartridge (8Mb/16Mb tops); Here with this raw beast power and no limitations of memory everything just flew to the moon. They called it the Rolls Royce of consoles and it cannot be described otherwise. The games being so colorful and with PCM sampled music gave you the inmersion. I would like to vindicate games of the system like Robo Army considered "not that good". I enjoyed it inmensely because it gave you the chance of controlling giant sprites that grabbed cars against enemy robots destroying them with dozens of pieces bouncing on the floor with the CPU not slowing down a hair. What spectacle were those games. And what to say with Cyber Lip, Magician Lord, Shengoku.... In arcades the 5 second short clip in demo mode "Neo Geo 330 Meg Pro Gear Spec", when that short music sounded that was magical. And I was lucky to have lived that age.

[@Astfgl]

The Neo Geo for me is mostly associated with holidays to France. You'd see those arcade cabinets everywhere there. I remember falling in love with Fatal Fury 2 and Metal Slug the instant I saw them on display. Owning a Neo Geo has always been a dream, it's the holy grail of gaming platforms. I could probably afford to get a consolized MVS these days, but even today Neo Geo ownership is quite the commitment.

[@ikenosis8160]

Razorfist arcade Livestreams on Friday night always start with the iconic Neo Geo theme song intro and it makes my Soul soar every time I hear it. Those crisp, powerful, beautiful tones remind me of the arcades of the 1990's, my paradise.

[@pooksthepossum]

Yes!!! My night got so much better! SLX never disappoints.

[@syncmonism]

Originally the AES home console version was only intended as a rental unit, but there were so many people asking them if they could buy one that they realized they needed to start making them available for sale to consumers. They knew they were never going to get a big chunk of the console market because of the high cost of making the consoles AND the cartridges as well, but they priced things accordingly and it was a commercial success for them. It's a very unique console because it was a commercial success despite never gaining a large chunk of the console market. It's a good example of how it's not always worthwhile to go directly after your competitors. It can be a very good strategy to just focus on a niche of the market and then you don't even have to compete directly.

[@MikeD7734]

I play your channel when my Wife goes to sleep, and im half n half. I always wanted a Neo Geo. Never had a friend or known anyone back then who had a Turbo Grafx16.

[@StormsparkPegasus]

This thing had a very unique design that made it unbelievable powerful for a 16-bit system. It did stuff you should've needed a 32-bit system to do.

[@Dorelaxen]

The Neo-Geo truly has a special place in my heart. I'll never forget the night I graduated from high school. Me and a couple of friends went to a truck stop just outside of the small town I lived in. They had a fairly big arcade set up in the back, and they kept up to date games in it, too. They had World Heroes 2, so we spent the entire night tossing quarters into it and eating phenomenal greasy burgers. Damn good times.

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

A couple of friends and I*

[@bradtraq1]

@@jarlwhiterun7478 Doosh🤣

[@jiminboo]

Back in the day, the Neo Geo was the stuff of legends. I never knew anybody with an AES, and when I went to the electronics store and saw the $250 per game sticker “megashock”, right there and then I knew why. Seeing this on a demo TV playing next to SNES and Genesis made everyone drool 🤤

[@TheVulgarPeasant]

SNES still owns neo geo. SNES had all the RPGs and first parties (Zelda, Mario, Metroid). Neo seemed to be all fighters/shooters

[@SIPEROTH]

@@TheVulgarPeasant Well of course, Neo was like a super machine at the time for small audience so of course most developers wouldn't focus on it and it was full of fighting games because of SNK who made it. The great graphical ability it had made it pricey and that made the sales small and that made the games developed for it less as well. So of course a more mainstream machine like the SNES with a mainstream price would completely kill it in terms of games. In the end if you had to chose only one console to own at the time you will only choose the SNES or the Mega Drive/Genesis because of more great titles. But if you had to chose only one console to play only one game then NEO GEO was probably the choice because everyone will prefer a machine that looked like a full on arcade to play that one game.

[@jamesnelson5618]

​@@TheVulgarPeasantdon't forget Kirby, donkey Kong country Trilogy and Star fox.

[@turtleanton6539]

​@@TheVulgarPeasantyes

[@turtleanton6539]

​@@jamesnelson5618indeed

[@DP12321]

An hour long NeoGeo video in the middle of the night? Sure I'll be tired tomorrow.

[@BeijingDragon811]

The Neo Geo was an amazing console. To get arcade performance at home was really nice. Definitely blew the Snes and Genesis out of the water.

[@8bitsnkboy472]

Another astonishing Video!! The SEGA Saturn may be my favourite console of all, but it was the amazing ports of so many of SNK's finest titles to the system, that made me the Neo Geo fan and collector I am today. I will always prefer sprite based gaming over 3D polygons and SNK's games took hand-drawn sprites and animation to a whole other level.

[@crestofhonor2349]

Yes. 2D sprites we’re always my preference over early 3D

[@gustavobarandas2012]

At the time the neogeo was a dream to own. Very expensive, yet such an amazing piece of hardware. The huge cartridges were so impressive ❤

[@PixelsNcreatureS]

I went the cheap route with neo geo and got an arcade cabinet. At the time I got it I was scoring games for like $20-$50 each. I miss those days where people were abandoning "old games" hehe

[@rockhyde7775]

“It’s bigger, it’s badder, too much for Mr. Incredible!” - Syndrome from the incredible movie “The Incredibles”.

[@MrSez1979]

Yes! Late night SLX drop! One of my biggest regrets was selling my AES in the late 90s. Bought it for $200, sold it for $200. Long story.

[@MarginalSC]

I did that too. Was accused of a fake sale or something too since I threw in the games I had too and said I wouldn’t split the package up… Kinda wanted to pay my bills quickly tho.

[@worldofretrogameplay6963]

The Neo-Geo is STILL incredible, thanks to NGDEVTEAM, Bitmap Bureau, and others.

[@angleshero2447]

The local mom and pop video store in my town always had Neo Geo machines. I Loved World Heroes the most but Fatal Fury and Super Baseball were my fall backs . GREAT JOB ON THE VIDEO

[@NaviciaAbbot]

The Last Blade has an homage to Rurouni Kenshin. It's said that Nobuhiro Watsuki, who wasn't into games, played Samurai Shodown 2 and loved it. He wrote about it in a notes from the author section - where he reveals he bought a Neo CD just to play the game.

[@brucemckinlay9739]

Every time I'd see an add for this thing in EGM etc, I'd just sigh. The Neo Geo really was an impossible dream for all but the rich kids.

[@AzumiRM]

I didn't know you covered more than just sega. I was fascinated by the aes as a teen. Arcade perfect games at home! But... then I realized the cost of 20,000 yen plus per game. I would have loved to have one but I would have a library of perhaps 1 game. I settled for my Amiga (very rare to find a Japanese Amiga owner). The games were so easy to pirate on the Amiga and there were so many. They could never come near the quality of the neogeo but I didn't mind😂

[@jaytecx5942]

This is one of your most solid videos dude. You have got the flow and pace pretty much perfect at this point 👍🏾

[@samaeltheangelofdeath]

13:44 wow the water is crazy perfect. I loved how the news looked like a screen print, very satisfying, pleasing artistic

[@retrojoe85]

You deserve a medal for such a quality video of this length.

[@scootercadogan]

Great job on this video, probably the best Neo Geo retrospect on KZbin

[@horroRomantic444]

I bought my AES for just one game. That was Samurai Shodown 2. I wasted so many quarters in that game in my local pizza parlor and the mall arcade.

[@oddojaggins]

Man, so it basically existed at the beginning of the 4th gen and lasted all the way until the tail end of the 6th gen. Its true how the library is at least 90% bangers across the board. I had the pleasure of enjoying a 4 cartridge cabinet in the mid nineties that had the dodge ball, disc throwing game, neo turf masters and one of the KOF games and you cannot deny the love and quality put into the software. Even though i was young i know there was others like me that wasn't ready for polygons and 3d movement, that has to speak to the legacy of the neo geo platform and why it existed so long

[@TravisStamper]

Best thing about these games is that they actually worked on release and were a joy to play. This is not so in todays market where the day one patch is actually looked forward too. Collecting is just not as fun as it once was. Thanks for the video SLX.

[@jimmelton5846]

Games are a bit more technical now. Cartridges often needed a revision and lots of them weren't a joy to play either. Nothing really changes.

[@bubbythebear6891]

@@jimmelton5846 It didn't seem as consistent though. Were there cartridges that came broken that were later fixed through rereleases? I don't personally remember any.

[@jimmelton5846]

@@bubbythebear6891 I'm not speaking specifically for Neo Geo, I'm familiar with its catalogue but never owned one. You may not remember broken games on cartridge but there were many across most cartridge based consoles. The notion that games just worked back in the day is a total fallacy. And yes broken games you were stuck with, no patch after the fact like today.

[@Gatorade69]

@@bubbythebear6891 You also have to factor in that gaming just wasn't as popular back then as it is today. There is a record number of video games being produced today, which obviously means there's going to be more bad games. Also games are now much bigger, filled with more content, take longer to develop and in some ways are a bit harder to make. People often look back at the past with rose tinted glasses. I have actually heard someone say "There was no bad games on the PS2" and actually mean it. People just don't remember the bad games unless it was funny bad or super awful. One thing I will give the past is that usually the AAA games were better, nowadays a lot of AAA studios are dropping the ball but the indie space is totally making up for it. But yeah broken games and bad games have always existed. Games having rushed development and being released in a bad state early was definitely a thing with one of the oldest examples I can think of being Pac-man and E.T. on the Atari 2600 and It's what helped lead to the video game crash in the 80s.

[@Gatorade69]

@@jimmelton5846 Well said. I always say the same thing. Also people bitch at the prices now, and yeah paying more money definitely sucks, but it seems nobody remember just how much SNES and N64 games cost back in 94 to 96. Actually when taking inflation into account the games were more like 100-140$ in today's cash and those games didn't have anywhere close to the amount of content as games today. Seems like a lot of people just want to whine and then they completely disregard any of the good games being released. I mean look at Capcom who is on fire with their releases currently. We have had a handful of abysmal games and a handful of great ones, just how it used to be since the NES (or hell even the 2600).

[@SandroSensei]

Man, I just love your channel. I hope you will make more arcade tressures series. Maybe you can review the Arcade Archives games? ❤

[@himuradrew]

The fact that the PS1 and the Saturn cannot do arcade perfect ports of SNK fighting games show that the Neo Geo was a beast. The Saturn came close but it still needed a bit of help with the RAM cart while most PS1 ports were missing a lot of animation frames.

[@michelleanimations6123]

That is not true. On a technical level, both the PS1 and Saturn were more powerful than the neo GEO. Not taking anything away from the neo GEO, but the reason that many games would not run on other systems is because they were specifically optimized to run with the Neo Geo consul being that it was just about 1 to 1 to their own SNK arcade hardware.

[@dustytux]

​@@michelleanimations6123 They were more "Powerful" but they didn't have the VRAM that the Neo Geo had. Saturn can upgrade the RAM using a RAM cart but the PS1 didn't have such a luxury.

[@Shinobi6407]

Now this is gonna be fun! I am so appreciative of the fact that you made this video nearly an hour long.

[@PurpleSanz]

The King Of Fighters '98 is way more than just a fighting game... It's THE Ultimate fighting game: Beautiful graphics, drawings, animation; fantastic catchy music and sound effects, the voice acting is superb, the speed is perfect, the action is consistent, the gameplay and combo system are so satisfying without stupid crap like infinite combos, being able to run will ALWAYS be way more precise and fun than dashing; jumps, hops and hyper hops and rolling always make you feel in total control of your character. And speaking of characters, I've never seen another fighting game where the characters display so much personality, they grow so much on you that you even start talking about them as if they actually exist, not to mention how perfectly balanced almost all of them feel. It's 2023 and there is no better fighting game than this MASTERPIECE.

[@Marc_Araujo]

Capcom vs. SNK 2 is better.

[@sladejosephwilson2300]

​​​​@@Marc_Araujo No. Not that jank Mugen game. Capcom has done better fighters and that isn't an SNK fighter.

[@TVans-vs3gn]

It's great but I still prefer The Last Blade 1 & 2.

[@isamuu99]

I watched the entire video from start to finish, and enjoyed every minute of it! Without question the best, most comprehensive video summarizing the Neo Geo's incredible library of games I've seen to date. As someone who was there back in the day and bought a Neo Geo Home Gold system and then later the arcade MVS system, I consider myself a massive fan, and this video will be downloaded and archived to my HD for repeat viewings in the future. Excellent job man.

[@agmcroom2374]

This is one of the make extensive looks at the golden age of Neo I’ve seen so far.

[@ryanstewart4444]

Absolutely AWESOME video! World Heroes tends to get shat on nowadays but was absolutely loved in period. Thanks for finally giving it a bit of respect. The Super Spy was THE game that made me love NEO GEO and while it hasn't aged all that well it was a unique experience that made me very well aware of what the red and white cabinet held within. I will always associate NEO GEO with killing time while my mom did laundry at the local laundromat. Our washer and dryer were dead and my mom couldn't afford new ones, so for about a year around 1990 every Sunday was laundry/NEO GEO day

[@jayesun3420]

oh man, when you expain the feeling of the" Holy Grail" of consoles, its absolutely true . This console was completely exclusive brother, ps . love this ep.

[@teddym2808]

This episode was incredible. Featured all my favourite retro games of all time.

[@sndwav2049]

Ooh, my holy grail! One day. One day.

[@billcook4768]

Nice to see coverage of the whole catalog. Usually we just get the MetalSlug and fighting games

[@sambird7]

I've been jumping into NeoGeo for the first time on MiSTer and it is an absolute blast. I really missed out by being born in 97 lol

[@jeffb.6642]

So did most of us who were born before that, except the ones that had rich parents lol

[@jimmelton5846]

You would have missed out even if you were middle aged now, I never knew anybody with a Neo Geo, far too expensive back in the day for most.

[@johncarolina4950]

My brother, play the Metal Slug games immediately

[@jimmelton5846]

@@johncarolina4950 your brother owned Multiple Metal Slug games at the time? He must have been doing well financially.

[@glennshoemake4200]

Neo Geo emulation was around in the late 90s and a group called "Neo Charity" were dumping the roms publicly. They would release 1 or 2 games a week back then.

[@simianpiate]

You’re an absolute beast, SLX. Frequent new content and the quality is always top notch.

[@drunkensailor112]

The Ferrari under the consoles. And it still is.

[@davidhandley6374]

What a great video, this brought back some amazing memories. I was lucky enough to have a AES and a large library of games but sold it all circa 20 years ago to buy my first house with the money raised from the sale.

[@cax1175]

The Neo Geo is the most powerful thing mankind has ever created. It even went beyond 330 megs, a feat thought impossible.

[@reeyees50]

It had TURBO graphics 😂

[@joeyjo-joshabadu9636]

​​​@@reeyees50 But did it have Turbo GRAFX?

[@ericl7519]

The Neo Geo truly had a flavor all it's own and that was a good thing. I found all Neo Geo games , good or bad ,had attitude unlike any other. Great presentation!

[@mrlaidback83]

I never got to own an original Neo Geo do to how expensive the platform and it's games were (probably still is) so I was more than happy to own a Neo Geo Mini.

[@brendanroberts1310]

I was stoked about the mini but got bad reviews for its TV output and its joy pads so got a AES instead.

[@mrlaidback83]

@JAJITJIT yea that definitely sucks but at the very least, you able to play with an original Neo Geo, something that (myself included) many did not get a chance to do.

[@mrlaidback83]

@@brendanroberts1310 yea I saw the bad reviews but I still went ahead and got it anyway. The controller works just fine (even if the buttons don't make the clicky sounds lol) and I really didn't notice any major problems with it's tv output .

[@projectmayhem6898]

Thanks!

[@SegaLordX]

You bet!

[@rickylovesyou]

And now SNK is owned by an Saudi corporation which in turn is owned by Saudi Prince with ties to gruseome assassinations! Just great!!

[@nazgulsenpai]

You got a great little channel here Mr. Lord X. Great video!

[@ChaoticHoly]

I knew a kid who owned a Neo Geo. Smuggest entitled bastard you ever met. Until the day I learned he was jealous of everyone else because his parents wouldn't let him get an SNES or Genesis. But bring-up fighting games (easy to do with Street Fighter II (and later Mortal Kombat) on everyone's lips) and'd he'd strut around like a peacock looking to get laid about how great the Neo Geo was.

[@WhereAllYourDeletedCommentsGo]

See, I knew a kid who was spoiled. He had EVERY Console. He was pretty cool. I liked habging out with him cause that was the only place I ever played a Saturn.

[@jamesbrian9828]

You know, been a fan for years and can’t describe how that intro just puts a smile on my face every time :)

[@marcusgreene8434]

Great system back in the day but man that price was way out of my league

[@waltrod688]

great video, great channel...the Neo Geo was indeed a superior console. I loved it also for its " in your face" sound effects

[@alex64gaming]

I just saw a copy of Samurai Showdown on the Neo Geo at a local convention, it was $250 CIB I am kicking myself for not buying it.

[@GamerGee]

30:18 mai BGM on the arcade was lovey!!

[@awetistic5295]

Up until today, I have never seen a Neo Geo in real life. They must have been incredibly rare here in Germany back in the 90s. No other console has this aura of mystery.

[@waynecuff3140]

Incredible system, love SNK. I know some don't like it but I'm a proud owner of a NEOGEO CD top loader. Playing the likes of Last resort, Alpha mission 2 on real hardware is still amazing.

[@CannedHam2479]

Neo Geo DOES what Gsnesis DON'T!!!

[@VOAN]

Yeah but does it had blast processing?

[@CannedHam2479]

@@VOAN No. Thats for wimps. Neo Geo has SUPER DUPER Blast Processing

[@XB3Gaming]

Always wanted a Neo ever since I saw it in the ads and reviews of gaming magazines of the day. That elite pricing scheme always kept out of my range until I was almost in my 30s. Now I have both an AES and an MVS cabinet with a library of around 30 games and a 161 in 1 multicart. Its a stellar machine and a blast to play on. Even my dad who's not a big gaming guy at all absolutely LOVED Neo Turf Masters and Metal Slug 3. The system has just that much staying power to it.

[@yafavblerd]

Fantastic video like usual, Sega Lord X! When you make documentary-style videos, they are by far my favorite. Your voice never gets old or annoying, your enthusiasm always seems genuine, & style of storytelling would be at home in a classroom or a professional newsroom

[@ArtofZenDigital]

The thing that makes this channel so great is not just the superb consistency, high quality information, and clean and straightforward video production, it’s the relaxed, conversational voice over tone that sounds different from most gaming channels which makes watching, or listening to the videos back to back. Also, despite being called Sega Lord X, the content is exceptionally honest about the pros and cons of each game, even the best of them. This channel helped me learn about games I never even knew existed on the Saturn. Back when it ended it’s US run, the only times information about Japanese only releases was presented, it was in GameFan magazine, or when my parents took my sister and I to China Town in NYC, which is where I also found out about the uncut version of Street Fighter 2 the Animated Movie. The one I had was the only one that I could find, the PG-13 Blockbuster video VHS, since this was the pre-DVD era.

[@macdox69]

Absolutely feel the same about Neo Turf Masters. There is just something about it and I always go back to it.

[@ridiculous_gaming]

Samurai Showdown sucked my quarters and convinced me to skip so many classes in university. This game later became my favorite title on my Panasonic 3D0.

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

The Neo-Geo was introduced to many kids with that red arcade machine. Introduced me to the 3 in one combo, going from playing Magical Drop 3 to Metal Slug 2 in one arcade cabinet.

[@unlimited-6183]

Yes it's the SNK red MVS arcade cabinet. I have a replica of that cabinet now and it has ALL the Neo Geo titles 👊

[@jamesoneavatar8644]

I used to own a video game store in the early 90s, and I bought a Neo Geo with a bunch of games from someone. I played them all, then resold them. I preferred the beat-em-ups and shooters, mostly. Super Baseball 2020 is still one of my favorite sports games. I preferred World Heroes to Fatal Fury, but I really like Samurai Shodown. Awesome list! Thanks for the history

[@rhyme70Four]

Sega Lord X never disappoints. The NeoGeo was so amazing. I never got to own one but had every title(CD as well) on my Arcade-One.

[@SegaCDUniverse]

As a kid my dad and I looked over an ad in a magazine. He told me he'd get me one, my mom said no it's too much and I already had an NES. I still don't forgive her. lol

[@udance4ever]

@3:01 will never forget oogling at Baseball Stars demo mode in the arcades after playing it sooo much w friends on the NES! the fidelity of the voiceovers, the music, the animations, the vibrant color palette - what a great intro to the system - def hit it out of the ballpark 4 me! ⚾

[@PlasmaSnake369]

I like how the old fatal furies have multi plane one-on-one fighting. Make some unique from all the other fighting games out there

[@Eth3realwarrior]

I remembered every ad from the videogame magazines. 1 kid I knew in Jr High had one, and he was the jerk that got chased down by a Vietnam Vet because he said "nice legs". The vet chased him for 2 blocks on crutches. That being said he was a rich kid and that was his personality.

[@Rockhead84]

This was an incredible deep dive into the "unicorn" of a system. I always remember Neo Geo games being more expensive in the arcades, but you were truly paying for an experience you couldn't get anywhere else. I remember playing a lot of their game ports on Genesis. The sprite work is still beautiful. Great work!

[@hanzobi1926]

Never owned one in the 90s but just picked one up this month. Spent close to a $1000 on a AES boxed console with RGB bypass, recapped, Unibios 4 and a Memory card.

[@humansrants1694]

I had one imagine owning one at 17 yrs old with the alternative being SNES and Megadrive graphics.

[@e.e.-tv1683]

Time Soldiers! That takes me back! I never made it far in the arcade. The final boss was tough on the Sega Master System!

[@Simpyphus]

This is one of my favorite videos you made. Even though your review of each game is short, I found it very interesting to know about each title on the hardware. Just a suggestion, but I think this style of video would also be interesting if you looked at libraries of Sega Arcade hardware. Such as System 32, Model 2 hardware, etc.

[@captaincorleone7088]

Supported for 14 years! That's testament to SNK's dedication to the consumer base and also a statement on the Neo Geo's hardware to remain viable for that amount of time. Thanks for making this video.

[@thedaveut]

I saw Ganryu on this episode and decided to give it a try via emulation. I fell in love! That is a great game. Super difficult until you learn enemy patterns but fun while doing so. I never got overly frustrated but instead just wanted to keep trying. Beautiful art style and holly molly the music is freakin awesome!! I'm getting pretty good and finally beat it last night. There are only 5 levels with an extra final boss at the end. Its totally worth the practice. Thanks for all the great content!! Have a great weekend.

[@MrDoctorMabuse]

Samurai Shodown 2 is the greatest fighting game of all time. To me nothing else comes close. A store called Babbages in the rich area mall carried the Neo Geo and games, and displayed it in their front window. That's as close as I ever got aside from the arcade or a PC emulator.

[@houssamm3171]

Till this day the ❤️Neo Geo❤️ is my dream console.

[@doyouthinkhesawus]

I've seen quite a few Neo Geo videos, but this is the best. Really gives an idea about how the console evolved and sets things in context!

[@ThomasSerruques]

love the neo geo especially samourai showdown, kof and metal slug. duration of the platform shows it was well designed. love to play it on emulators.

[@fatherjack636]

I just remeber the games being reviewed in Computer & Video Games magazine and the price of a game blowing my mind - £120

[@teddyinjapan]

You may think giving a console an hour video is too much, but the truth is this is short for a Neo Geo video

[@CaptSpeirsB744]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I got my Neo Geo Gold shortly after release. I was fortunate to have known someone at the time who owned a video game store and gave me a deal. My favorite games for the Neo Geo are Alpha Mission II, Last Resort and the Metal Slug games. Still have and play my Neo Geo and games to this day.

[@Thevinylhead]

Great stuff! As a 50 year old gamer, this brought back memories. Keep it up!